Word: neelan
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...Neelan was actively lobbying for parliamentary support for President Kumaratunga's peace plan which he helped draft...
...Professor and Director of the Law School's Human Rights Program Henry Steiner said that Neelan was a moderate parliamentarian and human rights advocate in a conflict dominated by extremes...
Steiner called Neelan a "major figure" in the world of human rights and said his death could destabilize Sri Lankan peace negotiations...
...Robert Rotberg, who co-chaired a 1997 panel with Neelan, called his death a personal loss as well as a political...
Rotberg said he recently finished working with Neelan on the book Creating Peace in Sri Lanka, based on their 1997 conference. Neelan's contribution to the book was a chapter called "The Devolution and the Elusive Quest for Peace in Sri Lanka...